Nordyke, Myra (Gowey) 1906-2004

NORDYKE, GOWEY, DICKINSON

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 2/12/2004 at 22:53:18

Myra Nordyke
February 11, 2004

Myra Nordyke, 98, of Richland died at 12:21 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, at Sigourney Care Center where she had been a resident since 1997.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the Rev. Mary Horras officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery.

Family visitation will be immediately preceding the funeral from 10-11 a.m. Thursday.

A memorial has been established to the Richland Library and may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at PO Box 199, Oxford 52322.

Mrs. Nordyke was born in Clay Township near Brighton, the daughter of Oliver Terry and Della Dickinson Gowey. She married Aaron Nordyke Feb. 20, 1937. He died in 1999.

Mrs. Nordyke graduated from Brighton High School in 1923. She was a housewife and helped with the bookwork at the Morrell Hog Buying Station in Richland.

She was a member of Richland United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Priscilla Club, Saturday Afternoon Bridge Club and helped with the Richland alumni banquets.

Survivors include two goddaughters.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Donald Gowey.

Courtesy of the Fairfield Daily Ledger Inc. 2004